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MANILA - Rome Dela Rosa scored on a game-winning triple with six seconds left as Magnolia scored its first win in the PBA Philippine Cup at the expense of NorthPort, 80-77, on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Through Dela Rosa's heroics, the Hotshots evaded a huge comeback threat from the Batang Pier. Magnolia was ahead by as much as 17, 40-23, late in the second quarter, but NorthPort came alive in the second half and even took the lead before an up-and-down fourth quarter led to a 77-all tie. However, Jio Jalalon found Dela Rosa wide open from the left wing for the dagger with six seconds left. "We want Jio to create for his teammates, and good thing Calvin [Abueva] and also Aris [Dionisio] dived to the basket. And then nag-collapse sila, so si Rome yung nalibre (they collapsed, so Rome became wide open)," Coach Chito Victolero said after the game. Arwind Santos tried to force overtime, but he missed the potential game-tying three as time ran out on th
Chris Newsome (Courtesy of PBA Image) MANILA - Chris Newsome stood tallest in Meralco's balanced attack to hold off No. 1 seed Magnolia in a do-or-die Game 5 to arrange another duel with rival Barangay Ginebra in the PBA Governors' Cup finals. The seasoned guard did it all for the Bolts, canning 14.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 8.5 assists, and 2.5 steals in the last two games of the best-of-five semifinals which they won, 3-2. The Fil-Am guard thus emerged as the Cignal Play-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week, the last for the season-ending conference. Newsome beat out Meralco teammate Allein Maliksi in close voting for the weekly honor being handed out by the men and women regularly covering the PBA beat. The 6-foot-2 combo guard settled for 11 points, three rebounds, five assists, and two steals in Meralco's 112-93 loss in Game 4 before saving his best for last in the rubber match, 94-81. With the Bolts' season on the line, Newsome sizzled for 18 points including 11 in a t
CHRIS NEWSOME stood tallest in Meralco’s balanced attack to hold off No. 1 seed Magnolia in a do-or-die Game 5 to arrange another duel with rival Barangay Ginebra in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors’ Cup Finals. The seasoned guard did it all for the Bolts with 14.0 points, 6.5…
Ginebra's Scottie Thompson (PBA Images) MANILA - Scottie Thompson solidified his status as the new face of Barangay Ginebra with a performance for the ages in yet another chapter in the franchise's fabled "Never Say Die" dictum. As the defending Governors Cup champions faced elimination owing to a twice-to-win disadvantage, Thompson poured it all and led the Kings' amazing climb to clinch a berth in the best-of-five semifinals. The do-it-all guard was simply everywhere with his near triple-double average in two do-or-die games for the sixth-seeded Gin Kings against No. 3 TNT Tropang Giga in their quarterfinals series. Thompson tallied a superb all-around numbers of 20.0 points on an efficient 14-of-27 clip, 12.5 rebounds, and 8.5 assists in two games to earn the hands down choice as the Cignal Play-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week for the period March 16 to 19. The former NCAA MVP from Perpetual University uncorked a 23-15-8 stats line on top of two blocks in Ga